Community health education as a strategy for the prevention of maternal mortality in health centers in the city of Nampula

Abstract

The study focuses on community health education as a strategy for preventing maternal mortality. Its general objective is to understand the course of community health education as a strategy for the prevention of maternal mortality in health centers in the city of Nampula. Specifically, the demographic characteristics of the pregnant women were described; the strategies and contents of education for the prevention of maternal mortality in health centers were identified; The attitudes and behaviors manifested by the women during the prenatal period were characterized, following community health education on the prevention of maternal mortality in the health centers of the city of Nampula; Factors that influence community education for the prevention of maternal mortality in health centers in the city of Nampula were also identified. The research question that guided the study sought to understand how community health education activities on the prevention of maternal mortality in the city centers of Nampula take place. This was a qualitative-quantitative, descriptive, exploratory study carried out in the city of Nampula, at Health Centers Y, Z and General Hospital X. A total of 391 people participated in the study, 18 nurses and 373 pregnant women. To collect the data, a questionnaire, semi-structured interviews and observation were used. The results show that community health education on the prevention of maternal mortality in the Health Units of the city of Nampula takes place through three methods: Individual Counseling/Person-Centered Education, disease-centered clinical method/clinical consultation and collective lectures. The strategy that nurses use most often in antenatal consultations is Person-Centered Education/person-centered clinical method.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.025-024